Publications
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A Multilateral Legal Assistance Protocol: Preventing Fragmentation and Re-territorialisation of the Internet
Ineffectual legal-assistance cooperation increasingly prompts governments to apply laws extraterritorially or to force data localisation, with dire...
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A Trans-Pacific Partnership Worth its Weight in Gold – But What is Taking so Long?
A gold standard – nothing less. The expectations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership are high. TPP is central to the United States’ foreign policy...
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Is E-commerce Really the Threat to European Way of Life – or did Domestic Populism Trump the Single Market?
Last week, France introduced a controversial law specifically designed to cripple Amazon to support physical bookstores. Italy is about to force...
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Why Are Services Commitments in RTAs Stronger than in the GATS? Trade Policy Implications for TTIP
Recent studies demonstrate a clear pattern in services commitments. They show that commitments in most services RTAs around the world are stronger...
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The Case for an EU-China Investment Agreement
Trade and investment volumes between the EU and China will continue to grow – but they will also be a source of friction and disputes. Are there...
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Argentina, the Expropriation of Repsol YPF, and the Case for Improved Investment Protection Accords
By: Fredrik ErixonArgentina’s expropriation of Repsol’s shares in the Argentinean energy company YPF sent chock waves through the international investment...
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Who’s Afraid of China’s High-Tech Challenge?
Over the last 30 years, the speed and scale of China’s economic rise have stunned the world. Now its government has mapped out bold plans for the...
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Biofuels Reform in the European Union: Why New ILUC Rules will Reinforce the WTO Inconsistency of EU Biofuels Policy
By: Fredrik ErixonThis paper takes stock of the proposals by the European Commission and members of the European Parliament to amend the Renewable Energy Directive...
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Solar Panels, Telecommunication Equipment – and the “Modernisation” of EU Trade Defence Policy
By: Fredrik ErixonCan trade defence instruments like anti-dumping and anti-subsidy/countervailing duties be smartly used to counter government subsidies distorting the...
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Who’s Afraid of China’s High-tech Challenge?
Over the last 30 years, the speed and scale of China’s economic rise have stunned the world. Now its government has mapped out bold plans for the...
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CHINA’S RISE: Perceptions and Misperceptions
In a new paper – presented at an ECIPE Conference – Krishnan Srinivasan, former Foreign Secretary of India, analysed the political direction of...
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SERIOUS CHINA: The Rise of China and EU Implications
In a new paper – based on a talk at an ECIPE conference – Ambassador Frank Lavin, former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, argues that China now...